Drop getAotInitializers method

See gh-29157

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/AotApplicationContextInitializer.java

@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.context.aot;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -90,24 +86,4 @@ public interface AotApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicat
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Return a new {@link List} containing only {@link AotApplicationContextInitializer} instances.
-	 * @param <C> the application context type
-	 * @param initializers the source initializers
-	 * @return a list of the {@link AotApplicationContextInitializer} instances
-	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public static <C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext> List<AotApplicationContextInitializer<C>> getAotInitializers(
-			Collection<? extends ApplicationContextInitializer<? extends C>> initializers) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(initializers, "'initializers' must not be null");
-		List<AotApplicationContextInitializer<C>> aotInitializers = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (ApplicationContextInitializer<?> candidate : initializers) {
-			if (candidate instanceof AotApplicationContextInitializer<?> aotInitializer) {
-				aotInitializers.add((AotApplicationContextInitializer<C>) aotInitializer);
-			}
-		}
-		return aotInitializers;
-	}
-
 }

spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/AotApplicationContextInitializerTests.java

@@ -74,18 +74,6 @@ class AotApplicationContextInitializerTests {
 				.withMessageContaining(ConfigurableApplicationContextInitializer.class.getName());
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	void getAotInitializersReturnsOnlyAotInitializers() {
-		ApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext> l1 = context -> { };
-		ApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext> l2 = context -> { };
-		AotApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext> a1 = context -> { };
-		AotApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext> a2 = l2::initialize;
-		List<ApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext>> initializers = List.of(l1, l2, a1, a2);
-		List<AotApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext>> aotInitializers = AotApplicationContextInitializer
-				.getAotInitializers(initializers);
-		assertThat(aotInitializers).containsExactly(a1, a2);
-	}
-
 
 	static class TestApplicationContextInitializer implements ApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext> {